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AEOLID NUDIBRANCHS : INVERTEBRATES
LONG-EARED NUDIBRANCH (Favorinus auritulus) < 1.5 cm / 0.5 in Rounded white to orange cerata with white markings. hino hores ha e rounded ul es ust elo the ti s.
NIPPLED PALISA
(Palisa papillata) < 2 cm / 0.75 in
Gray to orange with white spots. Bulbous cerata with white nipples. White tentacles with thin orange bands.
WARTY NUDIBRANCH (Limenandra nodosa) < 1.5 cm / 0.5 in
Pale brown body with white patches. Thick warty cerata. A row of thin orange circles runs back from the head.
SARGASSUM SPURILLA (Spurilla sargassicola) < 7 cm / 2.5 in
an to translucent od co ered in thin ro n lines. Densely packed curling cerata with white markings.
LONGHORN NUDIBRANCH
(Austraeolis catina) < 2.5 cm / 1 in
on oran e od . o distincti e hite s ots on head. White tips on rhinophores and on long smooth tentacles.
PLANKTONIC NUDIBRANCHS (Phylliroe spp.) < 2.5 cm / 1 in
A group of pelagic nudibranch species that rarely drifts o er a reef. rans arent od circled ith hite s ots.
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